New chief of staff to the national security adviser disavows controversial ideas in report he co-wrote

WASHINGTON—White House national security adviser John Bolton’s new chief of staff is publicly disassociating himself from controversial views of Islam contained in a report he co-wrote, including a proposal to strip some Muslim Americans of their citizenship.

After drawing fire from some Jewish and Muslim leaders, Fred Fleitz went on social media over the weekend to disavow some of the ideas included in the report he helped promote before joining the White House.